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n. - Genus of semiterristrial amphipod crustraceans; beach fleas.

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  • The two forms of the chelae of the male of Orchestia
  • The beachhopper turned out to be the smaller of the two common hoppers from our beaches, Orchestia traskiana:
  • This applies also to the young males of the Shore-hoppers (Orchestia) with regard to the second pair of anterior feet (gnathopoda).
  • Orchestia gryphus, from the sandy coast of Monchgut, alone presents a somewhat similar structure, but in a far less degree; elsewhere the form of the hand usual in the...
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